Diminutive cafe with Abbotsford's best espresso
(Cafe) Occupying a small corner of the Coffee Supreme warehouse, this diminutive cafe is fast becoming the best place to get fresh espresso in all of Abbotsford...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/the_abbotsford_club/
Ugly duckling becomes Fitzroy's beautiful swan
(Cafe, Modern Australian) Taking over from quite possibly Brunswick Street's daggiest restaurant (remember those sunken couches and dirty breakfasts at Retro Cafe?) is a slick operation that makes the most of the incredible space it's been blessed with...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/eat_drink_man_woman/
Quirky looks and sustainable slow food
(Cafe) From the quirky fit-out to the sustainable slow food approach, there's a lot to like about Fitzroy's quaint little noshery...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/slow_poke/
Modern Thai sets gastronomic hearts fluttering
(Thai, Vietnamese) Creating waves in Australia's culinary capital is no mean feat, but this modern Thai diner on Flinders Lane has certainly set Melbourne's gastronomic heart fluttering...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/chin_chin/
A French favourite relocates to Crown
(French) The surge of Sydney restaurateurs hanging their aprons in Melbourne continues with the arrival of chef Guillaume Brahimi on the shores of the Yarra...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/bistro_guillaume/
Family-friendly diner offers regional Chinese
(Chinese, Yum Cha) It's fair to say that Kew isn't exactly spoilt for choice when it comes to regional Chinese cuisine...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/rich_red_lantern_restaurant/
A cavernous cafe with serious pedigree
(Cafe) Every so often a new venue opens in a part of town and it single-handedly changes the dining landscape there...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/axil_coffee/
Head here when decadence is required
(Cafe, Spanish) Going on name alone, you could be forgiven for assuming this new cafe in Bendigo's burgeoning laneway set is a rather poor imitation of Spanish culture by some guy named Gordon...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/el_gordo/
The Black Sea comes to Melbourne
(European, Romanian, Russian) Just when you thought Melbourne's melting pot of culinary cultures couldn't get any more diverse, along comes this North Melbourne diner serving up the food of the Black Sea...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/the_crimean/
Impressive Euro fare in historic surrounds
(European) Set within the heritage-listed Union House, this provincial European diner matches the historic surrounds with equally impressive European fare...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/union_dining/
McConnell's winning streak continues
(Modern Asian, Modern Australian) There's little dispute that Andrew McConnell is Melbourne's hottest chef right now...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/golden_fields/
Padre coffee hits the CBD
(Cafe) The League is the first foray into the big-smoke coffee market from the caffeinated creatives behind Padre Coffee...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/the_league_of_honest_coffee/
New kid on the block impresses
(Italian, Pizza) Since opening in 2011, locals have embraced Via Fratelli, warmly welcoming the new kid on the block to the Malvern East dining scene...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/via_fratelli_woodfire_pizza_restaurant/
Crown's latest and greatest
(Modern Australian, Seafood) What do you get when one of the country's foremost chefs opens a restaurant with one of its best seafood producers? It may sound like the start of a corny joke but this is exactly the formula that has led to the opening of the latest and greatest restaurant at the Crown Complex, the Atlantic...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/the_atlantic/
Hawthorn's newest big-name dining destination
(French, Modern Australian, Spanish) The new venture from chef Simon Arkless (ex-Comme) and his business partners, Chester White is Hawthorn's newest big-name dining destination...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/chester_white/
Unashamedly refined dining in Toorak
(European, French) Make way, the new king has come! Opening its finely polished doors in early 2011, Marquee has upped the ante for all other restaurants in the Trak Centre, and diners are the ones who will reap the rewards...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/marquee_restaurant/
Simple, sleek, refined South Yarra dining
(Modern Australian) The stylish furnishings and surroundings of Botanical define the ethos of South Yarra dining...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/botanical/
Cantonese comes to Little Italy
(Cantonese, Chinese, Yum Cha) Newly opened on Lygon Street, Carlton's original bastion of Italian cafe culture, this authentic Cantonese diner stands proudly as a symbol of Melbourne's culinary diversity...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/wang_fu_jing/
Equal parts bakery, patisserie and cafe
(Cafe, Patisserie) Some people may think Beatrix, newly opened on Northside's Queensberry strip, is just another dime-a-dozen cafe inseparable from the countless others that have and will continue to open in Melbourne's saturated "coffee culture" marketplace...
A vegetarian's dream in Kew
(Breakfast, Cafe, Gluten-Free, Organic, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian) Inhabiting a bright, modern and airy space in Kew Junction, this vegetarian restaurant is already attracting a fair amount of attention from locals and non-locals, vegos and non-vegos alike...
More info: http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/a_caterpillars_dream/